Thailand - Arrival

After a 13 hour flight, a 4 hour layover in Tokyo, and another 6 1/2 hour flight, we finally made it in to Bangkok around midnight. We took a shuttle from the plane to the terminal (a first for us), and quickly made our way through immigration and customs. A short cab ride brought us to the infamous Khao San Road and our hotel - Buddy Lodge. The road is closed off to cars most of the time, so we were all grateful that we packed lightly. The trek to the other end of the road and our destination was the stereotypical Thailand backpacker scene. Lots of dreadlocked hippies, drunken frat daddys and scantily-clad girls. We finally saw our bright yellow sign above the golden arches and got ourselves a room. Since Jason is with us on this leg of our journey, we simply got an extra bed for our room, and the 3 of us crashed.